Assessment and Data Collection
Volume 3. Social Work Practice
I. Assessment and Intervention Overview
William R. Nugent,
William R. Nugent
University of Tennessee—Knoxville, College of Social Work, Knoxville, Tennessee, US
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William R. Nugent
University of Tennessee—Knoxville, College of Social Work, Knoxville, Tennessee, US
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Fundamental to social work practice is collecting informationmdash;data—about a client's problems, strengths, and environment, and then using this information to make judgements about the client and how to best assist her or him. This chapter presents an in-depth discussion of the collection of information from and about a client, and then the use of this information to make inferences about what is happening with the client and how to best provide assistance.
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